Papua New Guinea

Checklist of Endemic Swallowtail and Nymphalid Butterfly Species

This list of swallowtail and nymphalid butterfly species found exclusively in Papua New Guinea is based on the taxonomy used in Lepidoptera Mundi (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Jonko, C. (2020), Lepidoptera Mundi, https://lepidoptera.eu, accessed 12 January 2020. The current version of the website is at Lepidoptera Mundi

If additional species are recognized in the lists at Markku Savela or in recent taxonomic papers they are listed seperately following the main list.

The following species were not included in Lepidoptera Mundi:

Altiapa blancae  (Nymphalidae)    2016

Cyrestis adaemon  (Nymphalidae)   

Elymnias holofernes  (Nymphalidae)   

Eurycinidia ducis  (Nymphalidae)   

Eurycinidia hemileuca  (Nymphalidae)   

Eurycinidia tenera  (Nymphalidae)   

Mycalesis nerida  (Nymphalidae)   

Mycalesis woxvoldi  (Nymphalidae)   

Platypthima antapa  (Nymphalidae)   

Platypthima leucomelas  (Nymphalidae)   

Platypthima ornata  (Nymphalidae)   

Platypthima septentrionalis  (Nymphalidae)   

Platypthima simplex  (Nymphalidae)   

Taenaris alocus  (Nymphalidae)   

Taenaris butleri  (Nymphalidae)   

Taenaris chionides  (Nymphalidae)   

Taenaris montana  (Nymphalidae)